¹³ But the people have not returned^(A) to him who struck^(B) them,
    nor have they sought^(C) the Lord Almighty.

⁷ In that day^(A) people will look^(B) to their Maker^(C)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One^(D) of Israel.
⁸ They will not look to the altars,^(E)
    the work of their hands,^(F)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles^[a](G)
    and the incense altars their fingers^(H) have made.

“Seek^(A) me and live;^(B)
5     do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,^(C)
    do not journey to Beersheba.^(D)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.^[a](E)”
⁶ Seek^(F) the Lord and live,^(G)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;^(H)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel^(I) will have no one to quench it.^(J)

⁷ There are those who turn justice into bitterness^(K)
    and cast righteousness^(L) to the ground.^(M)

⁸ He who made the Pleiades and Orion,^(N)
    who turns midnight into dawn^(O)
    and darkens day into night,^(P)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(Q)